| Description |
x, 260 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Series |
American encounters/global interactions |
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American encounters/global interactions.
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| Contents |
1. Early struggles with foreigners -- 2. Ka Hoku o ka Pakipika: emergence of the native voice in print -- 3. The merrie monarch: genealogy, cosmology, mele, and performance art as resistance -- 4. The antiannexation struggle -- 5. The queen of Hawai'i raises her solemn note of protest -- A. A test of the objectives of Nupepa Kuokoa, as published therein, October 1861 -- B. Songs composed by Queen Lili'uokalani during her imprisonment |
| Summary |
In 1897, as a white oligarchy made plans to allow the United States to annex Hawai'i, native Hawaiians organized a massive petition drive to protest. Ninety-five percent of the native population signed the petition, causing the annexation treaty to fail in the U.S. Senate. This event was unknown to many contemporary Hawaiians until Noenoe K |
| Analysis |
History (North America) |
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Modern history (c 1788-1914) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Hawaiians -- Colonization.
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Hawaiians -- Government relations.
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Hawaiians -- Politics and government.
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Imperialism -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Hawaii -- Annexation to the United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98004439
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Hawaii -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008121428
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Hawaii http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80061028 -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
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Hawaii -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85059349 -- Sources. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012007
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Hawaii -- History -- Overthrow of the Monarchy, 1893.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85059351
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United States -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058 -- Hawaii.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80061028
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| LC no. |
2004003304 |
| ISBN |
082233349X (paperback: alk. paper) |
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0822333503 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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